In the 80s the English comics of Phantom, Mandrake, Flash Gordon and Tarzan virtually ruled and dominated the reading space for children. Even I was a great fan of these characters particularly Phantom ( I have already written a post on him ) and Mandrake the magician, though I didn’t read much of Flash GordonContinue reading “Bahadur & The 6th Sense”
Category Archives: leadership
Luka
The 1980s and the early 1990s witnessed one of the most bitter, violent and painful conflicts in Europe which eventually led to the disintegration of Yugoslavia. The Croatian war of independence was a part of this conflict which unfortunately coincided with the childhood of one of the finest football players in the world and theContinue reading “Luka”
The 4 – Day Week
This week in the UK, a one of its kind experiment has been launched , wherein more than 3000 employees from 70 organisations would be taking a day off from their weekly schedule I.e work 4 days a week without any pay cuts . From large corporations to small retailers, a wide spectrum of theContinue reading “The 4 – Day Week”
The Two Footed Korean
I recently saw a YouTube Clip of the arrival of a celebrity at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea. The celebrity very simply dressed waived to the people gathered there and till he had boarded his vehicle he bowed and bowed, with all humility to his fans who had lined up the area to his car. TheContinue reading “The Two Footed Korean”
The Humanistic Matsushita
It is said that ‘ The best view comes after the hardest climb ‘ . From a childhood pushed into hardships, to losing loved ones, an apprentice post schooling, working strenuously long hours, starting a business without funds or support and facing the horrors of World War II, there emerged an entrepreneur, an amazing business leader, who byContinue reading “The Humanistic Matsushita”
Top 5 Indian Flavours that Spiced up IPL ’ 22
The Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2022 season was one of the most exciting ones and. I thoroughly enjoyed all the 74 games played over two months. Though this annual tournament is often criticised for its glitz and glamour, the flamboyance and some big money involved, there is no denying the fact that thisContinue reading “Top 5 Indian Flavours that Spiced up IPL ’ 22”
Building Blogs & Adding Value
My blog rizkhan.in has completed a Year. The progress has been steady and the achievements there in, satisfying. It all started with a few nervous posts as I began to test waters initially. However after a year and 134 posts later, with more than 100K words penned, a growing reach and tremendous support from my readers, the blogContinue reading “Building Blogs & Adding Value”
The ‘ Servant Leader ‘
The phrase ‘ Servant Leader ‘ may appear unusual and particularly when seen in the literal sense of the two words Servant and Leader there lies an inherent contradiction. However this leadership style has a different flavour. It is about being more collaborative than solitary, more consensual than uni-lateral, more sharing than being exclusive and more givingContinue reading “The ‘ Servant Leader ‘”
The Four Legged Table & Customer Sovereignty
A commerce graduate from the University of Capetown, South Africa, a passionate retailer, adjudged the Outstanding Young South African in 1965 aged just 34, appointed Managing Director of Checkers- a growing retail food chain in South Africa aged 35, fired the same year and eventually resurrecting his career only to make it bigger. This isContinue reading “The Four Legged Table & Customer Sovereignty”
It’s Gopi’s Thomas Cup
He mortgaged his house to establish the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad after retiring in 2008, took up a stiff challenge from renowned Industrialist Nimmagada Prasad who donated a large sum to the Academy on a condition that his Academy produce an Olympic medal winner and toiled passionately and endlessly to produce an array ofContinue reading “It’s Gopi’s Thomas Cup”